Referring to colour and taste in Kilivila
Stability and change in two lexical domains of sensory perception
- Author(s): Gunter Senft 1
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View Affiliations Hide AffiliationsAffiliations:1 Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, The Netherlands
- Source: Practical Theories and Empirical Practice , pp 71-98
- Publication Date December 2012
This chapter first compares data collected on Kilivila colour terms in 1983 with data collected in 2008. The Kilivila lexicon has changed from a typical stage IIIb into a stage VII colour term lexicon (Berlin & Kay 1969). The chapter then compares data on the Kilivila taste vocabulary collected in 1982/83 with data collected in 2008. No substantial change was found. Finally the chapter compares the 2008 results on taste terms with a paper on the taste vocabulary of the Torres Strait Islanders published in 1904 by Charles S. Myers. Kilivila provides evidence that traditional terms used for talking about colour and terms used to refer to tastes have remained relatively stable over time. Keywords:language of perception; Papua New Guinea; Trobriand Islanders
- Affiliations: 1: Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, The Netherlands
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